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Each year since 1982, librarians, publishers and booksellers have come together to celebrate Banned Books Week. "Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read" reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.

ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom has an extensive website covering the issues of censorship and how librarians can foster intellectual freedom. The following pages of this wiki are just a few selective links to topics covered more fully on those pages.

Limiting What Students Shall Read: Books and Other Learning Materials in Our Public Schools : How They Are Selected and How They Are Removed : Summary Report on the Survey "Book and Materials Selection for School Libraries and Classrooms : Procedures, Challenges, and Responses". Report on a survey sponsored by Association of American Publishers, American Library Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Publishers, 1981.

Nelson, Randy F. "Banned in Boston and Elsewhere." In The Almanac of American Letters. Los Altos, Calif: William Kaufmann, Inc., 1981.